Turke, Rosemarie Lengsfeld
Summary: "Set against a backdrop of Adolf Hitler's rise to power, the reign of Nazi Germany, and the entire course of World War II in Europe, American Shoes recounts the tumultuous childhood of a young American girl and her family trapped within a country that turned against itself, where human decency eroded and then vaporized. Forced to grow up in the midst of endemic fear stoked by a ravenous madman,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beyond Words 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TUR1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 TUR
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1 available in Adult, Call number: YA 940.53 TURSummary: When Tony Lip, a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley, a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on a book to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger, as well as unexpected humanity and humor, they are forced to set...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY COMEDY GREHarris, Mark (Donald Mark)
Summary: By the time Nate Fisher was laid to rest in a woodland grave sans coffin in the final season of Six Feet Under, Americans all across the country were starting to look outside the box when death came calling. This book follows families who found in "green" burial a more natural, more economic, and ultimately more meaningful alternative to the tired and toxic send-off on offer at the local...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2008
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 HARTurk, Katherine
Summary: In the summer of 1966, crammed into a D.C. hotel suite, twenty-eight women devised a revolutionary plan. Betty Friedan, the well-known author of The Feminine Mystique, and Pauli Murray, a lawyer at the front lines of the civil rights movement, had called this renegade meeting from attendees at the annual conference of state women's commissions. Fed up with waiting for government action and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 TURTurk, Roy
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: 1922
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMDaley, Mark
Summary: "A heartrending and unforgettable memoir of an unlikely journey to parenthood through America's broken foster care system. What does it take to keep a child safe? As a long-time strategist and activist fighting for better outcomes for foster children, Mark Daley thought he had the answer. But when Ethan and Logan, an adorable infant and a precocious toddler, entered into their lives, Mark and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2024
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Summary: "Over the past forty years Mark Ellison has designed and constructed some of the most stunning marvels of architecture that you've never seen. He built a staircase that the famed architect Santiago Calatrava called a masterpiece. He worked on the iconic Sky House, which Interior Design named the best apartment of the decade. He's even worked on the homes of David Bowie, Robin Williams, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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Summary: "In mid-century America, the world's greatest superheroes face epic threats in public while battling private scandals behind closed doors. Now adapted into a big-budget Netflix Original series, get in on the ground floor with one of the most critically acclaimed superhero series of the past 10 years"--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 JUPOshiro, Mark
Summary: Six years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks. Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals their own school. New rules. Random locker...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC OSHTatulli, Mark
Summary: As a middle schooler, Mark finds himself on the smaller side of the physical spectrum--being short AND skinny has really wreaked havoc on his confidence. So to end his bullying woes and get the girl--or at least the confidence to talk to the girl--he starts to explore bulking up by way of the miracle cures in the backs of his comics. But his obsession with beefing up is soon derailed by a new...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: LB Keys/Little, Brown, and Company 2018
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Summary: A collection of short stories is accompanied by selections from the novels "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "Life on the Mississippi," as well as an abridgement of Twain's autobiography.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Collins Publishers 2022
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Summary: "In the sixty-four days between November 3 and January 6, President Donald Trump and his allies fought to reverse the outcome of the vote. Focusing on six states--Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin-- Trump's supporters claimed widespread voter fraud. It was not a well-orchestrated matter. There was no guiding genius pulling the strings in key states for the defeated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.973 BOWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.973 BOWClague, Mark
Summary: "The fascinating story of America's national anthem and an examination of its powerful meaning today. Most Americans learn the tale in elementary school: During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key witnessed the daylong bombardment of Baltimore's Fort McHenry by British navy ships; seeing the Stars and Stripes still flying proudly at first light, he was inspired to pen his famous lyric. What...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 CLAFollman, Mark
Summary: "It's time to go beyond all the thoughts and prayers, misguided blame on mental illness, and dug-in disputes over the Second Amendment. Through meticulous reporting and panoramic storytelling, award-winning journalist Mark Follman chronicles the decades-long search for identifiable profiles of mass shooters and brings readers inside a groundbreaking method for preventing devastating attacks....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 FOLGreenberg, Mark
Summary: Back in 2007, when Barack Hussein Obama announced his campaign, his election seemed to be a long shot. But he won in a decisive victory, also garnering a record 69.5 million votes, and on January 20, 2009, he became the 44th president of the United States and its first African American chief executive. Now, after two terms, this book explores Obama's journey in pictures, from his remarkable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 921 OBAMA, BARACK GREStein, Mark
Summary: "In examining over thirty unlikely presidential candidates from the past two centuries, Mark Stein reveals how fringe candidates have impacted the nation's political landscape"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.973 STEStormzand, Mark
Summary: A compilation of escapades and adventures of a forester and his various canine companions. The stories cover the decades between 1975 and 2015, stretching from Idaho to Maine. Often hilarious and always a good lesson learned, this memoir is heartwarming and full of life knowledge gained from the perspective of a career working in the great outdoors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2018
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1 available in Local Author, Call number: 921 STORMZAND, MARK STO1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STORMZAND, MARK STO
Wegman, Mark
Summary: Over the course of 15 years, author Mark Wegman researched original railroad company drawings, records, and even paint chips to render 180 color profiles, front view, top views, and interior layouts representing the steam, diesel, and electric locomotives and the passenger cars of more than 40 of the most celebrated golden-age "name" trains across the nation. Wegman's drawings are accompanied...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crestline, an imprint of Book Sales, a division of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc. 2014
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 385 WEGGreaney, Mark
Summary: Dominic Caruso, nephew of President Jack Ryan. FBI agent and operator for The Campus, a top secret intelligence agency that works off the books for the U.S. government. Already scarred by the death of his brother, Caruso is devastated when he can't save a friend and his family from a terrorist attack. Ethan Ross was a mid-level staffer for the National Security Council. Now he's a wanted...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GREBechtel, Mark
Summary: A look at the history of baseball shows the evolution of the sport from the sandlot to multi-million dollar stadiums, and examines such aspects of baseball as pitching, uniforms, gloves, umpires, and ballpark food.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 796.357 BECCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J796.357 BECBittman, Mark
Summary: "From hunting and gathering to GMOs and ultraprocessed foods, this expansive tour of human history rewrites the story of our species-and points the way to a better future"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.1 BITCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food Bittman 2021Greaney, Mark
Summary: It begins with a family dinner in Princeton, New Jersey. After months at sea, U.S. Navy Commander Scott Hagan, captain of the USS James Greer, is on leave when he is attacked by an armed man in a crowded restaurant. Hagan is shot, but he manages to fight off the attacker. Though severely wounded, the gunman reveals he is a Russian whose brother was killed when his submarine was destroyed by...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GREO'Connor, Mark.
Contents: Song of the Liberty Bell / Mark O'Connor -- Johnny has gone for a soldier / traditional ; James Taylor & Mark O'Connor, arr. (with James Taylor) -- Surrender the sword / Mark O'Connor -- Soldier's joy / traditional ; Mark O'Connor, arr. -- When bidden to the wake or fair / William Shield ; Mark O'Connor, arr. (with Yo-Yo Ma) -- The world turned upside down / traditional ; Mark O'Connor, arr. --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC LIBFosson, Mark.
Contents: The creeper -- Miss my baby -- Once upon a time -- Mister Perkins -- Blue march improvisation -- Wankomatic -- oodlin' on the east fork -- Chineham wood -- Still ain't got no home
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Drag City 2006